Studied by 1 personcursus honorum
course of honors -- steps you take to make it to the highest jobs (quaestor, praetor, consul)
consul
two executives -- elected yearly
praetor
judges (8 elected yearly)
quaestor
treasurers (20 elected yearly)
aedile
in charge of roads and public games (4 elected yearly)
censor
in charge of taking the census and public morals (2 elected every 5 years for 18 months)
dictator
had absolute power in times of emergency; normally ruled 6 months maximum
magister equitum
master of the horse/calvary; assistant to dictator
senator
must be a praetor to enter (serve for life)
tribune
only plebians run; can veto the senate (10 elected yearly)
patricians/optimates
highest class
equites
business class
plebians/populares
lower class
patron
offered protection to freedmen and plebians
cliens
client to a patron
salutatio
visit of client to patron’s house
sportula
cold food basket given to client when he is recieved by patron in his atrium
deductio
patron leads clients to forum
paterfamilias
head of family (family includes wife, children, slaves, and property)
patria potestas
power (of life and death in early times) of paterfamilias over family
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